"It's actually a grouper." Xiang Yang showed a hint of surprise on his face, and he asked Chen Qingsheng, "How did you catch this grouper?" Grouper is a very cunning marine fish. You cannot use a net to catch grouper because grouper likes to hide in places with many reefs.
The general way to catch grouper is to use fishing, and it cannot be fished during the day. This fish is a typical nocturnal fish and will stop eating as soon as the sun comes out.
Xiang Yang didn't believe that Chen Qingsheng had the ability to catch a blue grouper so quickly with a fishing rod.
"The tide has receded. The sea water on the island has receded. There are puddles everywhere now. I caught this grouper in a puddle. There are many puddles like this. The fishermen on the island are also frantically trying to catch groupers." Chen Qingsheng said loudly.
"Brother Yang, shall we go too?" Fang Youqun said hurriedly, "Wild grouper is very valuable. I will not sleep tonight and try to catch a few groupers."
"Yes, Captain, let's go quickly. There are more than one of us on this island. If we go too late, we won't even be able to pick up fish bones."
Xiang Yang thought about it and didn't want to dampen everyone's enthusiasm, so he said, "Let's go and take a look. The people on duty and Master Xu will stay on the boat, and the rest of you will follow me to the island to take a look."
After saying that, Xiang Yang looked at Xu Fang again, "Master Xu, I'll leave the boat to you."
Xu Fang nodded, indicating that it was okay for him to guard the ship.
There were only two rubber boats on the ship, and it took two trips to get all of Xiang Yang's people to the island.
When Xiang Yang arrived on the island, he first greeted the other fishermen on the island.
But they didn't pay much attention to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang didn't care. After greeting them, he directly ordered his crew to search freely. He also began to search carefully along the edge of the island.
What Chen Qingsheng said was right. There were indeed puddles of water everywhere on the island. The largest puddle was more than 100 square meters, just like a pond. Six or seven people were occupying it with their trouser legs rolled up.
The smallest puddle is less than one square meter, just like a beach of water, but if you step into it you will find that the water is deep enough to reach the roots of a person's thighs.
It is precisely because of these potholes on the island that most fishermen do not like to spend the night on the island. Only those who row their small boats out to sea and it gets dark and they really cannot spend the night on the boat will spend a night on such an island.
Although the fishermen who were already on the island were not in the same group, they seemed to know each other.
A fisherman who had just hummed in response to Xiang Yang's greeting saw Xiang Yang and his companions walking away, and immediately turned his head to another fisherman nearby and said, "What bad luck! We finally came across a group of stranded groupers, and now someone comes to snatch their food."
"Don't complain, Song Laosan." Another fisherman said with a smile, "It's a great blessing to see a grouper stranded. Besides, the tide will rise again at dawn. There are so many potholes here that we can't fish them all in one night. It's okay to let them come and fish a little."
"Even if the grouper is stranded, it's not that easy to catch." Song Lao San said sourly, "Don't be fooled by the large number of people in this group, but most of them are young guys and they definitely don't know how to catch grouper. Do you believe that a group of them can't catch as many as I can catch alone in one night?"
"Look, that guy has run to that puddle. I just fished out a blue grouper from that puddle. It would be amazing if he could fish out another grouper from that puddle." Song Lao San watched Xiang Yang roll up his trousers and jump into a puddle and immediately gloated, "It will take at least half an hour for him to come out of that puddle. Do you believe that he can't catch a single grouper in one night?"
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The other side.
Xiang Yang rolled up his trousers and jumped into the puddle, then walked straight in one direction. In his sight, a blue grouper weighing about two kilograms was hiding on a protruding reef at the bottom of the puddle. This fish was very smart. Most people would not touch the rocks when hiding in that position. If someone else came, they would not find that there was a blue grouper hiding in this place. However, after being nurtured by the mysterious jade shell, Xiang Yang's sight could pass through the water surface and see clearly things several meters deep under the water. Naturally, the trace of the blue grouper could not escape Xiang Yang's sight.
"Snap." Xiang Yang pressed his hand under the water and immediately grabbed the bluestone slab in his hand. After coming out of the water, the grouper continued to struggle in Xiang Yang's hand.
Song Lao San, who was staring at Xiang Yang, was stunned. "Fuck, I just came out of that puddle. I can guarantee that there is absolutely no fish in the puddle. How did he catch that grouper?"
Xiang Yang directly threw the grouper onto the shore. If it was a rat grouper or a red grouper, he would take them back alive. As for the blue grouper, he would throw them onto the shore first and then take them back and freeze them in a foam box.
Song Laosan was stunned again. He rolled his eyes and shouted to Xiang Yang: "Boss, you are lucky to catch a grouper so quickly."
Xiang Yang turned his head and glanced at Song Lao San. Xiang Yang remembered this person. It was the fisherman who ignored him when he greeted him before.
However, Xiang Yang knew that he came here to steal other people's business, so Xiang Yang did not care about the fisherman's previous attitude, and smiled and said: "It's good luck, thanks to you, I got a good start as soon as I came here."
Song Laosan pointed at the blue grouper that was still alive and kicking on the shore and said, "This fish is dead and can't be sold at a high price. Boss, you just threw it on the ground like this?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I went quite far out to sea this time. Except for the very rare catches that were put into the live water tank, all other catches were frozen."
Song Laosan laughed and said quickly, "Boss, let's make a deal. Can you sell this fish to me at the price of a fresh dead fish?"
"Sell it to you?" Xiang Yang looked at Song Lao San with a half-smile, "Tell me, what price will you give me?"
When Song Lao San saw that there was a chance, he immediately said excitedly: "Grouper is worthless when it's dead. Fresh grouper in the supermarket is usually 30 yuan per catty. How about I charge you the same price as fresh grouper in the supermarket?"
After hearing the offer, Xiang Yang shook his head. "We are all in this business. It's no use saying that. The ones that cost 30 yuan a pound are farmed grouper. Mine is pure wild blue grouper. If you really want it, give me 70 yuan a pound."
"It's too expensive." Song Laosan immediately shook his head.
Xiang Yang laughed, "If you still think it's too expensive, then this fish will really die. If you send a wild fresh blue grouper to a restaurant, it will cost at least a hundred yuan per catty. Seventy yuan per catty is the price I give you because you got to the island first and led the way for me with your lights."